PT-2025-53127 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-24 · Updated 2026-02-24 · CVE-2022-50761

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak issue was identified and resolved in the x86/xen component of the Linux kernel within the xen init lock cpu() function. Specifically, if the bind ipi to irqhandler() function fails after allocating a new string using kasprintf(), the allocated memory is not freed, leading to a memory leak. The variable @name is involved in this memory allocation process.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-50761

RHSA-2024:9315

SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 1109

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50761.json · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50761 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50761 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50761 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50761 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50761 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50761 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50761 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70966d6b0f59f795b08a70adf5e4478348ecbfbb · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255996 · Note